- Type:
- Earthquake
- Date:
- November 24, 1592 CE
- Location:
- Italy
- Magnitude:
- 5.1 Mw
Cross-catalog records
This event is recorded in 2 separate scientific catalogs, each of which may give a different magnitude (the disagreement between catalogs is itself valuable for research):
- EMEC_2021: Mw 5.1
- AHEAD: Mw 5.11
Other earthquake records of 1592 CE
- France · Mw 3.6
- Trevi · Mw 5.11
- Bigorre (Tarbes) · Mw 3.86
- Budweis · Mw 3.8
- Zakynthos · Mw 6.6
- Istanbul · Mw 5.82
Source: Lammers, S., Weatherill, G., Grünthal, G. & Cotton, F. (2023): EMEC-2021 — The European-Mediterranean Earthquake Catalogue, Version 2021. GFZ, doi:10.5880/GFZ.EMEC.2021.001 · License: CC BY 4.0 · institutional record ↗
Frequently asked questions
- When did 1592 Italy earthquake (Mw 5.1) (1592 CE) happen?
- November 24, 1592 CE.
- Where does this information come from?
- This record comes from Lammers, S., Weatherill, G., Grünthal, G. & Cotton, F. (2023): EMEC-2021 — The European-Mediterranean Earthquake Catalogue, Version 2021. GFZ, doi:10.5880/GFZ.EMEC.2021.001; it was not hand-authored and is stored together with its source.
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